Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Dan Couchman got 2:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:42 faster, but the races themselves got 4:25 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:46 better than the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:50 PB542/677Beat 20%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 2:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 2:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete4:09 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:592353/2771Beat 15%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 0:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:33 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:32446/523Beat 15%